Synonyms of unfavorable

unfavorable

adjective

ˌən-ˈfā-v(ə-)rə-bəl 

as in negative

opposed to one's interests

the company chose to accept the unfavorable settlement rather than spend more money on legal fees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negative
• adverse
• hostile
• detrimental
• harmful
• damaging
• disadvantageous
• destructive
• bad
• threatening
• prejudicial
• unfriendly
• inimical
• unsympathetic
• dangerous
• hazardous
• untoward
• counter
• risky
• conflicting
• poisonous
• troublesome
• opposing
• unsafe
• injurious
• deleterious
• offensive
• malignant
• baneful
• evil
• fatal
• pernicious
• ruinous
• lethal
• unhealthy
• hurtful
• perilous
• noxious
• baleful
• murderous
• ill
• antagonistic
• resistant
• slanderous
• inhospitable
• uncongenial
• uncooperative
• resisting
• scathing
• defamatory
• detractive
• parlous
• intolerant
• jeopardizing
• antipathetic
• wounding
• calumnious
• imperiling
• competing
• counteracting
• countering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorable
• positive
• advantageous
• sympathetic
• friendly
• beneficial
• supportive
• good
• useful
• helpful
• propitious
• harmless
• innocuous
• innocent
• nondestructive
• nonthreatening
• inoffensive
• nonfatal
• well-disposed
• benign
• agreeable
• tolerant
• friendly
• congenial
• understanding
• nonlethal
• amiable
• cordial
• amicable
• complying
• hospitable
• affable
• unresistant
• benignant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unfavorable

Kering chief executive officer Luca de Meo warned at the time that the recovery would not be linear, noting the third quarter could be flat due to more unfavorable comparisons with 2025. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Investigators also cited unfavorable winds — blowing at roughly 10 to 12 mph in Charlotte that day. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

The most egregious perpetrators of fraud in the industry were corrupt doctors who were paid by patients to send insurance companies medical examination reports that omitted unfavorable findings. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Their idea is to name four arbitrators who would be unfavorable to Taylor & Byrne and one that would be favorable. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026